GlobeNewswire Inc | Dec 14, 2020 09:30AM EST

December 14, 2020

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aegion Corporation (NASDAQ:AEGN) today announced plans to divest the Companys Energy Services segment, following Board of Directors approval and a review of strategic alternatives for the business that was previously announced on October 28, 2020.

Aegion Energy Services provides mission-critical maintenance, turnaround, construction and safety services at a majority of oil refineries on the U.S. West Coast. The business is led by a strong and tenured management team that has built longstanding relationships with leading blue-chip operators.

Charles R. Gordon, Aegions President and CEO, said, The decision to divest Energy Services will further reduce Aegions oil & gas exposure and drive greater focus on our portfolio of pipeline rehabilitation technologies. Going forward, the vast majority of our business will be based on helping communities provide critical drinking water and sewer services through systems that are safer and stronger, thanks to our proprietary technologies and engineering and contracting expertise.

The Company has retained BofA Securities as an independent financial advisor to assist with the divestiture and expects to launch a formal sale process in January 2021.

AboutAegionCorporation (NASDAQ: AEGN)Aegion combines innovative technologies with market-leading expertise to maintain, rehabilitate and strengthen infrastructure around the world. Since 1971, the Company has played a pioneering role in finding transformational solutions to rehabilitate aging infrastructure, primarily pipelines in the wastewater, water, energy, mining and refining industries. Aegion also maintains the efficient operation of refineries and other industrial facilities. Aegion is committed to Stronger. Safer. Infrastructure.

More information about Aegion can be found atwww.aegion.com.

Forward-Looking StatementsThe Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements. Aegions forward-looking statements in this news release represent its beliefs or expectations about future events or financial performance. These forward-looking statements are based on information currently available toAegionand on managements beliefs, assumptions, estimates or projections and are not guarantees of future events or results. When used in this document, the words anticipate, estimate, believe, plan, intend, may, will and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. Such statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including those referred to in the Risk Factors section of Aegions Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year endedDecember 31, 2019, filed with theSecurities and Exchange CommissiononMarch 2, 2020, and in subsequently filed documents, and, in particular, the impact of the current COVID-19 virus outbreak and the evolving response thereto. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events may not occur. In addition, Aegions actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, estimated, suggested or projected. Except as required by law,Aegiondoes not assume a duty to update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Investors should, however, review additional disclosures made byAegionfrom time to time in Aegions filings with theSecurities and Exchange Commission. Please use caution and do not place reliance on forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements made byAegionin this news release are qualified by these cautionary statements.

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For more information, contact:Katie CasonSenior Vice President, Strategy and Communications636-530-8000 | kcason@aegion.com